Some 26 nations within the 28 nation bloc have suspended passport-free travel between EU countries – threatening one of the key principles which the failing superstate is based upon.
Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borissov dubbed the EU's borders as a "yard with a broken fence" and urged for new patrols to bring stability back to the crumbling bloc.
Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico said opening border patrols would help "get us back to the Schengen" during a low-key event along the Turkish border.
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